Conditioned Reflex Therapy: How to be Assertive, Happy and Authentic andOvercome Anxiety and Depression

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Andrew Salter's Conditioned Reflex Therapy introduced behavior therapy as well as many specific techniques still used today, including methods for assertion, relaxation, imagery and short-term therapy. CRT includes numerous case studies of how Salter helped clients quickly overcome phobias, anxieties, and depression. Lauded by Aldous Huxley, Andrew Salter's revolutionary book introduced behavior therapy as well as many specific techniques still used today, including methods for assertion, getting in touch with one's feelings, relaxation, imagery, and short-term therapy. Conditioned Reflex Therapy also includes numerous case studies of how Salter helped his clients quickly overcome their phobias, anxieties, and depression.

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"I have read [Salters work] with admiration and approval."- H.G. Wells (1943)

"Most interesting and fundamentally sound."- Aldous Huxley (1943)

" a founder of behavior therapy [Salter] helped develop the theoretical underpinnings
and clinical applications of behavior therapy decades before the field became popular."- New York Times (1996)

"A pioneering behavior therapist."- Albert Ellis, PhD; President, Albert Ellis Institute; Developer of RationalEmotive Behavior Therapy (2002)

Praise for CRT
"Andrew Salter blazed a trail into new territory, paving the way for what has become
known as cognitive behavior therapy."- Arnold Lazerus, PhD, ABPP; Distinguished Professor of Psychology(Emeritus), Rutgers University; Past-President, Association for theAdvancement of Behavior Therapy (2002)


"CRT remains decades ahead of the field. A half a century later, it is still an
extraordinarily effective classic. The vision of Andrew Salter lives on."- Pat de Leon, PhD; Former President, American Psychological Association;former Chief of Staff, Senator Daniel Inouye (2002)


" [L]ively, literate, and sometimes puckishly provocative prose . [A] vision and a
set of techniques that have become widely accepted and applied effective for a
wide variety of disorders. Salters ongoing influence extends beyond behavior
therapy and psychology generally."- Gerald Davison, PhD; Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology,University of Southern California; Past-President, Association for the
Advancement of Behavior Therapy (2002)


" remarkably engaging, clinically astute, and of great practical value. anticipated
much of contemporary behavior therapy. groundbreaking. focused primarily on
action in everyday life and expression of how one feels to achieve therapeutic
change."- Alan Kazdin, PhD, ABPP; Sterling Professor of Psychology & Professor of
Child Psychiatry (Emeritus), Yale University; former President, AmericanPsychological Association; Past-President, Association for theAdvancement of Behavior Therapy (2018)


"Salter helped forge an important new path in psychological healing, and the
procedures in the book can now continue to help people for many years to come."- Francine Shapiro, PhD; Senior Research Fellow, Emeritus Mental ResearchInstitute; Originator of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing(EMDR) Therapy (2018)


" energy and boldness. . direct, wise without being complex, and ready to take on
the world. [I]t lit the match that became behavior therapy . Salters genius is his
intuitive grasp of what moves human beings and his willingness to charge straight
in that direction . of more than historical interest especially for beginning
behavioral and cognitive therapists. "- Steven C. Hayes, PhD; Foundation Professor of Psychology, University ofNevada, Reno; Developer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy andRelational Frame Theory (2018)


"Much of the science and wisdom on which modern day, powerful interventions
are based comes from this book. fascinating case studies described in lucid and
vigorous prose this timeless classic should be read by every therapist and most of
their patients."- David H. Barlow Ph.D, ABPP; Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
Emeritus; Founder, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at BostonUniversity; Past-President, AABT

Author Bio

Andrew Salter (May 9, 1914 - October 6, 1996) was the founder of conditioned reflex therapy, an early form of behaviour therapy which emphasized assertive and expressive behaviour as the way to combat the inhibitory personality traits which Salter believed were the underlying cause of most neuroses. In the 1940s, Salter introduced to American psychotherapy a Pavlovian model of hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis training.